Footage of 1962 County Final Miltown v Kilrush

At the link below is footage from the 1962 county senior final between Kilrush and Miltown. Some shots of the Miltown players and hopefully some of our older members will be able to make who they are.
Unfortunately Kilrush won on the day but still this rare footage is worth a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IZz7iT79zw

Narrow defeat in Cusack Cup opener

St Josephs Miltown senior side suffered a 0-7 to 0-6 defeat to Eire Og in the opening round of Division 1 league in Quilty this Friday night. A cold but dry night attracted a much larger attendance than normal for this time of the year as the evening throw-in proved a hit. Miltown started slowly as Eire Og kicked two early points. Miltown recovered to dominate possession but failed to translate it to the scoreboard as Eire Og lead 0-4 to 0-2 at the break. A gilt edged goal opportunity was missed when Gary Egan was adjusted to have touched the ball on the ground when a goal seemed certain. Eire Og lead 0-6 to 0-3 midway through the second half. Conor O'Loughlin came up from goal to blast over a '45 to kickstart a strong finish from Miltown. However, the lack of a cutting edge up front apart from Micheal Malone who kicked three long range points was to prove costly on the evening. Round two of the Cusack Cup takes place next weekend with a home game against Shannon Gaels. The team lined out as follows: Conor O'Loughlin (0-1), David Cleary, Enda Malone, Ian Sexton, Enda O'Gorman, Graham Kelly, Michael Hehir, Sean Meade (0-1), Cathal Lafferty, Gearoid Curtin, Niall Quinn, Micheal Malone (0-3), Joe Curtin (0-1), Kevin Keavey, Gary Egan. Subs used: Sean O'Connell & Seanie Malone

First Home Challenge Yields Win

Miltown 3-7 Ennistymon 0-12

New manager Mikey Neylon got his first home victory of the season with a win over Ennistymon on Saturday afternoon. It was definitely a game of 2 halves with Miltown making 13 changes at half time. Ennistymon started brightly and Miltown took time to get into their flow but once they did they were well in control. The Miltown goals came through Joe Curtin & Micheal Malone. David Cleary and Enda O'Gorman did well at the back. Sean Meade and Michael Barry were effective in the middle of the park and Michael Hehir, Micheal Malone and Joe Curtin looked sharp up front. Score at half time was 2-5 to 0-4 with Miltown squandering a hatfull of other chances.

In the second half a completely different team took the field, with many youngsters playing their first games at senior level. Sean O'Brien was excellent in goal, making a save from a penalty and also a fantastic save from a one on one when a goal seemed certain. Eoin O'Brien improved as the game went on and Eoin Corbett and Conor McKenna showed promise in the half back line. Gerard Malone had some good moments at midfield but tired as the game went on. Up front Tommy Flynn played well at at centre forward getting on plenty ball and covering back on numerours occassions to help out the under pressure back line. Niall Quinn took his goal nicely and would have scored more if he got the possession.

Miltown now face Eire Og in the opening round of the league on Friday night with mounting injury worries. Conor McKenna, Ian Sexton, Kevin Burke and Cathal Lafferty all suffered some form of injury on Saturday to added to the growing list. David Talty, Peter Cleary, John Meade, Brian Curtin, Eoin Curtin & Dessie Molohan are all currently sidelined.

1st Half Team: R.Healy, E.Malone, K.Burke, D.Cleary, E.O'Gorman, M.Talty, I.Sexton, M.Barry, S.Meade, M.Malone, C.Lafferty, M.Hehir, J.Curtin, K.Keavey, G.Egan. Subs: G.Malone for Lafferty and D.Murrihy for I.Sexton.

2nd Half Team: S.O'Brien, K.Shannon, S.Curtin, E.O'Brien, J.Galvin, C.McKenna, E.Corbett, G.Malone, M.Barry, J.Wilson, T.Flynn, J.Clancy, N.Quinn, K.Burke, S.Malone.

Opening fixture for u-16's

The fixtures have been announced for the opening round of the under-16 championship. Miltown will host Ennistymon at 12 noon on Saturday 6th March.

The full round of fixtures are:
Wolfetones V Doorabarefield
Kilrush V Eire Og
Cooraclare V Kilmihil
Miltown V Ennistymon

Captaining the Banner to victory

St.Josephs Miltown clubman Gordon Kelly captained the Clare senior footballers to a very encouraging 1-9 to 0-11 victory over a fancied Wicklow side in the opening round of the National Football league. Gordon and his brother Graham played key roles as Clare fought back from a seven point deficit at one stage in the second half. All involved with the Miltown club wish both Kelly's the best as Clare aim to build on today's victory in the forthcoming games.